Typographical slug casting machine



May 14, 1940. H; R. 'FREUND TYPOGRAPHICAL.SLUG CASTING MACHINE Filed. Feb. 17, 1940 2 Shgets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR HERMAN R. FREUND v BY W AiT ORNEY May 14, 1940. H. R. FREUND TYPOGRAPHICAL SLUG CASTING MACHINE Filed Feb 17, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 226mm 326 6 n U f in l I l l llL um llf Y v 222 m T INVENTOR HERMAN R. FREUND Patented May 14, 1940 ill ii'lTE SA'E'ES mien PATENT OFFECE Herman R. Freund, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Intertype Corporation, Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application February 1'7, 1940, Serial No. 319,495

19 Claims.

This invention relates to typographical slug casting machines of the general organization represented in U. S. Letters Patent No. 436,532, granted September 16, 1890, in which assembled lines of character bearing matrices are confined by clamping endwise between opposed vise jaws adjustable to a desired line measure and presented to a slotted mold in which the type b-ars or slugs are cast, the slugs being subsequently ejected from the mold and then made up in columns in a printing form which may be directly employed for printing purposes or may be used in the production of a stereotype plate as commonly used in newspaper printing.

The invention relates more particularly to means for indenting the type characters somewhat from the ends of slugs cast in these machines in order to provide between adjacent 001- umns of printed matter, as for example the columns in ordinary newspapers, a marginal white space of such width as will aid the readability as well as improve the typographical appearance of the printed page. The desirability of widening the space between adjacent columns arises from the recent and growing trend toward separating the columns when made up in the forms by a thinner vertical rule than heretofore employed in order to effect economies through savings in the actual amount of newsprint or paper required. Thus, instead of the 6-point vertical column rule as heretofore generally employed, many newspapers have adopted as standarda 4-point rule with the result that the printed columns appear much closer together and in fact so close as to give the page a mass appearance and render it less pleasing and more difficult to read.

Considering the columns in a newspaper page, the standard width of a single newspaper column 1s 12 ems, that is, the slugs for the printed lines are 12 ems in length, and it will therefore be evident i'hat separation of the columns by a 6-point vertical lead or printing rule line as heretofore, has necessitated casting lines of double column width on slugs measuring 24 ems (24 ems plus 6 points) in length. Therefore, assuming that a 4- point separating rule is employed it is evident that slugs bearing lines of double column width must be shorter by 2- points, that is the cast slugs must be only 2 .2 ems plus 4-points in length. To enable casting such shorter slugs has already been proposed to provide on standard machines uxiliary means for offsetting the usual left hand vise jaw 2-points from the 24 /2 em line measur setting (the machine moi-many p v din f ting this jaw only at cm and half em measures) one such means comprising an auxiliary stop member 2-p0ints in thickness adapted to act as an interponent between the jaw and the adjustable stop therefor (the mold slot of course being similarly reduced in length by 2-points by inserting the proper length liner), and arranged for movement automatically into operative position When the jaw is adjusted to the 24% em line measure position as usual when casting double columnv lines. Such auxiliarymeans and one mode of operation thereof is shown and described in detail in Letters Patent No. 2,163,536, granted June 20, 1939, to which reference may be had if desired.

The object of the present invention is to overcome the aforesaidobjectionable mass appearance of printed matter by indenting the characters a definite distance from each end of slugs to thus Widen the space between adjacent columns. To this end the invention provides auxiliary means for offsetting the right hand jaw a definite amount from its normal position (this jaw normally having a constant position relative tothe left hand jaw for all difierent line lengths) ancl'auxiliary means for offsetting the left hand jaw a like amount from the line measure position the form of an auxiliary stop having associated therewith a manually 'settable operating member. In one position of the operating member the stop is inoperative entirely and in the other position of said member it retains the stop automatically in an active position (a) for producing an indention of the left end of lines on slugs of any length which may be cast and (b) for eifecting the required additional 2-point offset of the jaw when the latter is set at the 24%; em line measure position to thereby cast slugs of the proper length for double column newspaper lines when the columns are separated by a 4-point lead or rule.

Specifically, the invention provides an indention stop in the form of a lever which may be pivoted. on the rear end of the right hand vise jaw so as to be swung manually into and out of operation, such lever when in active position having a portion of known thickness disposed between this jaw and its usual fixed stop for thus offsetting the jaw a fixed amount and effect indention of the characters a corresponding amount from the right end of the cast slugs. For the left hand vise jaw the invention provides an indention stop in the form of a lever which may be pivoted on the rear end of this jaw or on its usual supporting block and which comprises sections differing in thickness, one section being of the same thickness as the idention stop for the right hand jaw so as to offset both jaws an equal amount and thus produce a like amount of indention of characters at both ends of the cast, slugs, and the other sections being thicker than the first mentioned section by 2-points in order to effect offsetting of the left hand jaw by an additional 2-points when the latter occupies a particular line measure setting such as 24 'ems.

For operating the indention stop for the left hand jaw the invention provides a manually settable operating member which may be turned to a normal position wherein the indention stop is inactive entirely so far as indenting or offsetting the left hand jaw, thus allowing all lines to cast flush with the ends of different length slugs as is usual (except of course for centered lines or lines of less than a given column width), and which may be turned to an active or indent position wherein preferably at any line measure position within the range of adjustment of the left hand jaw it contacts with and retains the indention stop lever in a vertically raised position so that one of its sections (the section having the same thickness as the indention stop for the right hand jaw) becomes interposed between the jaw and its usual adjustable stop to thus produce the desired equal indention of the type characters at both ends of the cast slugs. With the operating member turned to indent position and the left hand vise jaw set at the 24 em line measure position (the usual position for casting slugs for double column lines) the invention provides for retaining the indention stop lever raised to a higher level for interposing between the jaw and its adjustable stop the section of the lever having a 2-point greater thickness to thus offset the jaw an additional 2-points, as required for casting double column slugs 24 em plus 4-points in length, and at the same time indent the characters from the left end of such slugs as aforesaid.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations and arrangements of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the features of novelty being pointed out particularly in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a partial elevation, viewed from the rear, of the usual vise frame with the indention stops of the invention applied thereto and shown in inactive position.

Figiue 1 is an end view of the indention stop on the right hand vise jaw in Fig. 1. v

Figure 2 shows the indention stop for the left hand vise jaw held in one of its active positions by the operating member for producing indention of characters at an arbitrary line measure setting of the jaw.

Figure 3 is similar to Fig. 2 but shows the parts in active position for indenting the characters'and also offsetting the left hand jaw an additional 2-points when the jaw is set for casting double column slugs.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the indention stop for the left hand Vise jaw.

Figure 5 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale taken on the line 55 in Fig. 3 and shows the devices for manually setting the operating member for the left hand jaw indention stop into and out of operating position.

Figure 6 is a section similar to Fig. 5 but taken on the line 56 in Fig. 3.

Figure '7 is a partial plan view showing the usual left hand vise jaw adjusting devices at the left end of the vise frame in Fig. 1.

Figure 8 is a front elevation of the indicator plate associated with the left hand vise jaw indention stop and its operating member.

Figure 9 is a diagrammatic view showing a comparison between indented and non-indented lines cast on single and double column slugs with the slugs in adjacent columns separated by a 4- point lead or rule.

Figure 9 shows diagrammatically the relatively different widths of margin or White space between the ends of indented and non-indented lines as they appear in print when the printed columns are separated by a 4-point lead or rule.

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the different figures of the drawings.

The invention by way of example is shown in the present instance as applied to a machine of well known construction wherein, as seen in Figs. 1 and '7, the relatively fixed right hand vise jaw l is rigidly mounted on a block 2 supported on the vise cap 3 and the adjustable left hand jaw 4 is supported on a similar block 5 arranged to slide freely in the vise cap for the purpose of setting it different distances from the other jaw to accommodate matrix lines of different lengths between the jaws. For setting jaw 4 to different line measure positions there is provided a toothed rod ii moved by a pinion secured to a rotatable shaft 8 having a knob 9. Rod 6 is held in different positions of adjustment by a locking slide it which engages teeth HI spaced one-half em apart on a side of the rod 5 and which is operative to release the rod 5 for movement thereof in either direction when the knob 9 is pulled forwardly, the forward end of the slide l0 havinga projection Ill which engages an annular groove 9 in the hub of the knob 9. The adjustable vise jaw 4 normally banks freely against an adjustable stop pin H in a block I2 secured to the rod 6 and movable therewith so that the jaw follows the stop as the rod is adjusted inwardly. For details of this well known arrangement and the mode of operation of the parts reference may be had to U. S. Letters Patent 1,108,758, granted August 25, 1914. It may be stated, however, that a scale it is provided in connection with the toothed rod G which latter as in said patent projects from the right hand end of the vise cap 3, such scale affording visual indication to the operator of the line measure setting of the adjustable vise jaw 4. The scale I3 is divided in onehalf em steps corresponding to the usual one-half em spacing of the teeth I0 on rod 6 and by rotation of the pinion 1 the jaw stop H may be set to adjust the left hand jaw by one-half em steps over a range of 30 ems.

- According to the present invention means are provided for indenting the type characters a definite distance from both ends of cast slugs of any length and for purposes of illustration in the present instance it will be assumed that a 3-point indention is desired in connection with a separating vertical lead or rule of 4-points in thickness between single columns of slugs for newspaper printing. Thus, the usual 12 em single column slugs will have the characters cast thereon indented 3-points from both ends and double column slugs 24 ems plus 4-points in length will have their characters indented 3-points from each end. For triple column work it is customaryto cast two slugs, each one-half the spread width of the three columns, and then butt such slugs together endwise when made up in the form. Using 4-point column rule each such slug would be 18 ems plus 4-points in length and indention of the characters at the ends of the 36 em triple column line would be accomplished by using the left hand jaw indention stop alone while casting the first slug (the beginning of the line reading from the left end of this slug) and the right hand jaw indention stop alone while casting the second slug.

For indenting characters at the left end of slugs the invention provides an indention stop lever Hi pivoted on a screw l5 preferably secured, as best seen in Fig. 5, in the rear end of the block 5 which supports the left hand vise law 4, the lever it normally, orwhen inactive, resting by gravity on a pin it in the block 5. As best shown in Fig. i, lever M is formed with sections differing in thickness and according to the invention each section is adapted to be interposed between the rear end l of the vise jaw l and the end of the usual adjustable jaw stop pin H. The upper section ll of lever i4 is normally so interposed, see Fig. l, but this section is simply of some arbitrary thickness less than that of any of the other sections. The middle section l8 in present instance is 3-points thicker than the top section so that when interposed as aforesaid it will effect an offsetting of the jaw from its stop pin H by 3-points. The bottom section H! is 5-points thicker than the top section in order that when interposed as explained above it will effect an offsetting of the jaw d from its stop pin by 5-points.

As stated above, the top section ll of lever is has an arbitrary thickness less than that of its other sections 18 and I9 and is normally interposed between the jaw d and its adjustable stop pin ii, the pin ll being set backward by means of the usual lock nut ll an amount equal to the thickness of section ll so that jaw 4 normally assumes correct positions for all graduations on the scale it. Thus lines of any length for which the jaw l may be set within its full range of adjustment may be cast when the section I! of lever 14 is in its normal position between the jaw l and pin H as shown in Fig. 1.

For operating the lever M to move section IE3 or iii into cooperative relation with jaw 4 and pin H the invention provides manually settable mechanism comprising an operating rail 2i] pivotally supported on studs 2! and 22 near the upper ends respectively of parallel motion links 23 and 2d, these links being pivotally supported at their lower ends in a bracket or plate 25, and link 23 being pinned to the inner end of a shaft 26 which, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, extends horizontally forward under the vise cap 3 and through a hole in a supporting plate 21 suitably secured to the vise frame as by screws 27!, the shaft being fitted with a hand knob 21 A tubular sleeve 28 rigidly secured to the plate 25 serves as an s and the jaw l to assume any full em or half-em line measure position as determined by the adjusted position of its usual stop pin H. Rail 20 is locked in such inactive position by means of a short stud 29 suitably secured in link 23, such stud projecting inwardly perpendicular to the link and being engageable in a bore 30 in plate 25.

A recess 2t in the lower edge of rail 23) serves to determine the lowered position of the rail at which stud 29 is in exact alignment with the bore fill, thus facilitating entry of the stud in the bore.

For the purpose of raising the rail 20 from inactive position to elevated or active position link 23 is shiftable fore and aft along with shaft 26 to which it is pinned, as previously stated, the pivot stud 2| for the upper end of this link being secured in the rail 20 to permit such shifting of the link. A spring 3i on shaft 26 is confined between one end of sleeve 28 and a washer 32 held by a. pin 33 in shaft 26 and constantly urges the latter forwardly. By pushing knob 21' inwardly shaft 26 and link 23 move inwardly together until stud 28 is disengaged from bore 30 whereupon shaft 26 may be rotated in a clockwise direction, thus swinging link 23 clockwise (anti-clockwise as viewed in Fig. 1) until stud 29 aligns with, and under the influence of spring 32, engages in another bore 34 in plate 25 to lock rail 20 in the elevated position shown in Fig. 2. Through the agency of link 24 the rail 20 pivoted thereto and to link 23 partakes of a parallel rising motion as link 23 swings as described, so that its top surface 26 contacts with and retains the indention stop lever M upwardly in the position shown in Fig. 2 where it's section 18 is interposed between the rear end 4 of jaw 4 and the stop pin ll. With the rail 20 locked in such elevated position the section 18 is retained in the aforesaid interposed position for all line measure settings of the vise jaw 4 (rail 20 being long. enough to contact the lever l4 at all points within the range of adjustment of the jaw), so that the latter is offset from all actual line measures, em or half em, determined by the setting of the usual jaw stop II (except for certain predetermined settings) by 3-points. This, as already pointed out, is the additional thickness of section [8 over that of section I! and effects a 3-point indention of the characters on the cast slugs.

In the present instance and for the particular purpose of casting slugs 24 ems plus 4-points in length and having the type characters on such slugs indented 3-points from the left end thereof, the invention provides a cam block 35 suitably secured to the rail 29, the top surface of which cam, when the jaw 4 is adjusted to the 24 em line measure position, retains the lever I l in an elevated position where its section I9 is interposed between the jaw 5 and the stop pin H as clearly shown in Fig. 3. In such position of the indention stop lever M the jaw 4 is offset from the actual 24 em line measure setting by 5-points which is the additional thickness of section It over that of section ll.

It will be observed that a guide bracket 36 secured to plate 25 overlies the inner side of rail 29 and prevents transverse movement of the latter when shaft 28 is pushed inwardly. Also, it will be seen that the different sections ll, l8 and I9 of lever M are arranged stepwise with inclined or beveled surfaces 31, 38 leading from one section to the other, the purpose of such beveled surfaces being plain in that they enable the stepped face of the lever [4 to ride freely over the end of stop pin H from one elevated position to another. Further, cam block 35 is beveled at its opposite sides to enable free riding of lever l4 over it.

For indenting type characters at the right end of slugs there is provided a lever 39 which is pivoted on a screw 40 in the rear end of the right hand vise jaw i so as to enable the indention stop portion H formed on the lower end of the lever to be moved into and out of cooperative relation with the rear end of the jaw and its usual fixed stop or banking pin 42. Normally, as when casting slugs without indenting the type characters, lever 39 is manually set to the full line position shown in Fig. l and indicated also in Fig. 1, whereby the indention stop portion 4! at the lower end of the lever is clear of the banking pin 42 and the jaw I therefore assumes its usual or normal position. However, should it be desired to indent the type characters at the right end of the cast slugs, lever 39 may be swung manually into the dot-dash line position indicated in Fig. l wherein the indention stop portion ii at its lower end will be interposed between the rear end of the jaw I and its banking pin 42, thus offsetting this jaw from its normal open position an amount equal to the thickness of the portion 4| of the lever. In the present instance the portion 4| is made 3-points in thickness in order to produce a 3-point indention of type characters at this end of slugs in correspondence with a like indention produced at the left end by lever [4 through interposition of its section l8.

In Fig. 8 the supporting plate 27 will be seen to bear the markings normal and indent and the shaft 26 isprovided with a pointer 13 where'- by the operator is informed visually of the position of the operating rail 20.

In Fig. 9 there is shown diagrammatically a comparison between indented and non-indented lines cast on single and double column slugs as such lines would appear when the slugs are made up in a form and the adjacent columns of slugs separated by a 4-point lead or column rule. Slugs A represent the usual single column slugs 12 ems in length with the characters a thereon cast flush with the ends of the slugs as is customary. Slugs B are also single column slugs l2 ems in length but the characters I) thereon are indented 3-points at each end of the slugs due to offsetting of both vise jaws 3-points through the agency of sections l8 and 4| on the indention stop members or levers M and 39 respectively.

Slug C represents a double column slug 24 ems plus 4-points in length with the characters thereon indented 3-points at each end through the agency of the abovementioned indention stop members of the invention but with the section E9 on member 14 in use. It will be understood, of course, that the double column slug C is more than double the length of a single column slug by an amount (l-points in this instance) equal to the thickness of the lead or rule employed between single columns, and as already explained the section IS on member l4 provides for efiecting the 3-point indention of the type characters on double column slugs which, due to the use of a 4-point column rule, are Z-points shorter than such slugs would be if separated by a 6-point v rule as heretofore.

Adjacent columns of these slugs are separated by the vertical column rule R (usually of lead or brass) which has a body thickness of 4-points as indicated, the ends of the slugs butting squarely against the sides of the rule. It may be noted here that rule R may or may not be of printing'height, that is, it may or may not have formed on its upper edge the thin printing rule line r standing in the same plane as the type characters on the slugs, the presence or absence of such a printed line between columns being purely a matter of choice.

It will now be evident that the type characters cast flush with the ends of slugs A in adjacent columns are separated by 4-points, the thickness of the separating lead or rule, and that the characters fall within Z-points of the rule line at each side thereof. The 3-point indention of the characters at the ends of slugs B and C. however, provides a separation of Ill-points between the ends of lines in adjacent columns, thus widening the white space between the columns and between the ends of lines and the printed rule line if such be used.

Fig. 9 represents diagrammatically the effect in print of lines such as cast on the slugs A, B and C in Fig. 9. Here it will be seen that the separation of characters by ill-points at the ends of lines in adjacent columns produces a materially greater width of white space at each side of the printed rule line r than does the separation of 4-points resulting from the use of 4-point column rule without indentation of the characters. At the left end of Fig. 9 there is indicated in the dotted enclosure the effect in print of the space between the ends of lines in adjacent columns when the printed rule line is omitted.

Obviously, the indention stop lever l4 may be formed in difierent ways and may be associated with the adjustable jaw stop or its supporting block l2 as by pivoting on the latter rather than on the jaw A or its support 5. Further, the indention stop for the right hand vise jaw obviously may be varied as to its form and location and if desired it may be arranged to operate by gravity similar to the stop I 4 and it may be provided with several sections of dilierent thicknesses, and the indention stops for both vise jaws may carry sections for producing more or less indention than 3-points. Moreover, the operating rail 20 may be provided with additional cam blocks 35 or the equivalent thereof or a single cam block at a different location than that herein shown for operating and retaining in active position an indention stop such as the lever H1 at line measure settings of the jaw other than the 24 em position, and cam blocks of different heights may be provided if desired.

I claim:

1. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw and adjusting means adapted normally to set said jaw to different line measure positions, auxiliary means cooperative variably with the adjusting means to alter the setting of said jaw at all line measure positions by a given amount and at certain only of such positions by an additional amount, and means for varying at will the cooperative relation between said auxiliary means and the jaw adjusting means.

2. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw and means adapted normally to adjust said jaw to different evenly spaced line measure positions, auxiliary means cooperative to different extents with the jaw adjusting means and operative upon such cooperation to alter the efiective position of the movable jaw at all line measure positions an amount determined by-the extent of such cooperation, and

means adapted automatically to vary the extent of cooperation of said auxiliary means, as required.

3. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw and adjusting means adapted normally to set said jaw at different em and half-em line measure positions, auxiliary means adapted automatically to cooperate to dif ferent extents with said adjusting means according to the line measure setting of the movable jaw to thereby alter such setting by different predetermined amounts less than a half-em.

4. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw and adjusting means adapted normally to set said jaw at different evenly spaced line measure positions, auxiliary jaw adjusting means cooperative to different extents with the first mentioned adjusting means according to the line measure setting of the movable jaw and operative to offset said jaw one or another portion of the distance between the evenly spaced line measure positions according to the extent of such cooperation.

5. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw and means adapted normally to adjust said jaw to different line measure positions, auxiliary means adapted to cooperate with said jaw and adjusting means at all line measure positions and operative upon such cooperation automatically to alter the effective position of the movable jaw relative to its adjusting means by a predetermined amount.

6. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw, and means adapted normally to adjust said jaw to different line measure positions, auxiliary means for altering the effective position of said jaw relative to its adjusting means and normally inactive, and means operative to retain said auxiliary means in cooperative relation with the jaw adjusting means to effect such alteration automatically at all line measure positions within the range of adjustment of said jaw.

'7. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw and adjusting means adapted normally to locate said jaw at different line measure settings, movable auxiliary means having active and inactive positions and adapted when active to cooperate with the jaw adjusting means and offset the movable jaw a given amount from the setting determined thereby, and means for moving and for automatically retaining said auxiliary means in active position during adjustment of the movable jaw to any line measure setting.

8. In a typographical slug casting machine having a pair of opposed matrix line confining vise jaws, one movable and the other relatively-fixed, means for adjusting the movable jaw relative to the fixed jaw to provide a space between the jaws corresponding to a given length of line, and auxiliary jaw adjusting devices one for offsetting each jaw toward the other an amount alike or different in extent to thereby reduce the space between the jaws equally or by different amounts at the respective ends of the line as required.

9. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw and an adjustable stop for setting said jaw at different line measure positions, an auxiliary stop member movable from an inactive position to an active position for cooperation with said adjustable stop to alter the position of the jaw relative thereto at all line measure settings within the range of adjustment of said jaw, and manually settable means movableinto engaging relation with said member to retain it in active position.

10. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw and an adjustable stop for setting said jaw at different line measure positions, an auxiliary stop member having a series of sections differing in thickness and each adapted to cooperate with said adjustable stop to alter the position of the jaw relative thereto by correspondingly different amounts, and means for moving and for retaining one or another sec-- tion of said member in cooperative relation with the adjustable stop.

ll. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw and adjusting means adapted to set said jaw to different line measure positions, an auxiliary jaw adjusting member having a series of sections differing in thickness and each adapted to cooperate with said jaw adi justing means to alter the setposition of the movable jaw as determined thereby by correspondingly different amounts at different line measure positions, and means for automatically rendering operative the appropriate section of said auxiliary means upon adjustment of the movable jaw to a given line measure position.

12. In a typographical slug casting machine according to claim 9 wherein the manually settable means for moving and for retaining the auxiliary stop member in position for cooperation with the adjustable stop includes an operating rail adapted in one position of said means to permit said stop member to assume an inactive position.

l3. In a typographical slug casting machine according to claim 10 wherein the means for moving and for retaining one or another section of the auxiliary stop member in cooperative relation with the adjustable stop comprises a manually settable operating member provided with a plurality of surfaces disposed at different levels and adapted to contact with the auxiliary stop member to thereby move different sections thereof into active position.

14. In a typographical slug casting machine according to claim 10 wherein the auxiliary stop member comprises a lever pivoted to the movable one or the other of its different sections may be disposed between the movable jaw and its ad justable stop.

15. In a typographical slug casting machine according to claim 10 wherein the auxiliary stop member comprises a lever pivoted to swing in a vertical plane and the sections of different thickness on said member are joined by beveled surfaces, whereby to permit the different sections to move freely into and out of cooperation with the adjustable jaw stop under the influence of the moving and retaining means.

16. In a typographical slug casting machine according to claim 10 wherein the means for moving and for retaining one or another section of the auxiliary stop member in cooperative relation with the adjustable stop comprises an operatin. rail supported on pivoted parallel motion links movable manually about their pivots where by to dispose said rail at different levels for varying the amount of movement imparted thereby to the'auxiliary stop member.

17. In a typographical slug casting machine according to claim 2 wherein the means for automatically varying the extent of cooperation of the auxiliary means comprises a member movable manually into position for engagement with the auxiliary means and provided with portions adapted to move said means varying amounts at different adjusted positions of the movable aw.

18. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw and adjusting means operative to set said jaw at different evenly spaced line measure positions, auxiliary jaw adjusting means operative independently of the first mentioned adjusting means for ofisetting said jaw a given distance from all line measure settings and a greater distance from certain selected line measure settings.

HERMAN R. F'REUND. 

